What is the oldest game you still play?
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Well this is by far the easiest question I've answered on the Escapist. Chess. I've also played NIM in the past year, but just as a programming exercise. If you want a more "true to era" game (since the chess I play on my PC is far prettier and better at chess than the first iteration of it on a computer in the 1950's), Pong.
I'd consider it unnecessarily picky to say I'm not playing it on it's original platform.
Oldest game I play and genuinely get some real pleasure out of? Much more difficult a question, I don't know the release dates of all the games I play. Probably something Megadrive era though.
I'd consider it unnecessarily picky to say I'm not playing it on it's original platform.
Oldest game I play and genuinely get some real pleasure out of? Much more difficult a question, I don't know the release dates of all the games I play. Probably something Megadrive era though.
Jeebuz I feel old...oldest games I still play regularly...
Asteroids
Defender
Joust
Pac Man
Berzerk
Galaga
Space Invaders
Asteroids
Defender
Joust
Pac Man
Berzerk
Galaga
Space Invaders
My oldest game I'm currently playing is King's Quest VI : Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow.
"Nothing like getting swept off your feet..."
"Nothing like getting swept off your feet..."
Pokemon Yellow, Secret of Mana, Earthbound. Not sure which is oldest.
...I've been pwned so hard...dududf said:
I haven't played Go in a while, so I'm probably rusty, lol.
I play Chess regularly against my computer or my family when I visit.
Oldest non-board, non-card game I play is probably Mario Kart (1997)
I don't play it that often though, so I suppose Ogre Battle 64 (2000) would be the oldest game I play regularly.
I play Chess regularly against my computer or my family when I visit.
Oldest non-board, non-card game I play is probably Mario Kart (1997)
I don't play it that often though, so I suppose Ogre Battle 64 (2000) would be the oldest game I play regularly.
That I play regularly? Donkey Kong Country.
Have a lot of older games, but that one game is definitely the one that stands out in my mind and keeps me coming back to play it every now and then. More than the other older games that I have lying around.
Have a lot of older games, but that one game is definitely the one that stands out in my mind and keeps me coming back to play it every now and then. More than the other older games that I have lying around.
Tetris.(1984)
I wanted to say Dwarf Fortress for it's graphics style (it has none) but that doesn't count(2006).
Also Tank Racer (1998). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Racer
I don't play it all that much, but I reinstalled it on my laptop a few months back.
Sacrifice (2001) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_(video_game)
I wanted to say Dwarf Fortress for it's graphics style (it has none) but that doesn't count(2006).
Also Tank Racer (1998). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tank_Racer
I don't play it all that much, but I reinstalled it on my laptop a few months back.
Sacrifice (2001) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacrifice_(video_game)
That's tough, if you want to talk about oldest games I still play in their original form (I don't have many of my old consoles anymore, and none of them are hooked up), but if we want to talk oldest game overall that gets consistent play out of me, I'd say Xevious. Past that, the oldest it gets is mid-to-late Playstation era stuff.
I still play Super Mario Bros. 3 on my Gameboy. I can't ever get enough of the Mushroom Kingdom.
